- ~He ran a jail that HE described as a "concentration camp."
- ~Prisoners there died at an alarming rate, often without explanation.
- ~One of his jailers nearly broke the neck of a paraplegic guy who had the temerity to ask for a catheter.
- ~He ran an ongoing "mugshot of the day" contest on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office website to publicaly mock people who were arrested.
- ~He ARRESTED Phoenix New Times reporters for covering him. They won a $3.75 million settlement for that one!
- ~Under his leadership, (or lack of) the MCSO failed to investigate hundreds of sex abuse cases, many of which involved children.
- ~He had a camera in the toilet so he could watch female arrestees using the bathroom and anyone could watch it online.
- ~But he somehow found time and money to send a deputy to Hawaii to look for Barack Obama's birth certificate.
- ~Oh, and one time he staged a fake assassination attempt against himself. That was weird.
- ~In 2013, a federal judge confirmed what literally everyone in Phoenix knew: he'd been racially profiling Latinos. So naturally, instead of complying, he hired a PI to investigate the judge and his wife.
- ~He also kept on profiling people, which is why he got charged with contempt of court.
- ~He also tried to destroy some of the hard drives containing material that was supposed to be turned over the court. (But her emails....!)
- ~By 2015, his fondness for racial profiling had cost the county more $44 million. On top of, you know, ruining lives. He (by which I mean the taxpayers) also paid millions to settle lawsuits like one where his deputies stood by as an inmate was brutally beaten.
- ~Because this is the Old West or something, he had a "Sheriff's Posse." One member got arrested on child porn charges. His office was responsible for countless fiascos like this botched SWAT raid, where deputies set a puppy on fire.
- A. Puppy.
Sheriff Joe wasn't "just doing his job". He was running his own private fiefdom. And the courts finally told him to stop... and Trump basically said "Men like us should be allowed to do whatever we want!"
Source
https://www.facebook.com/DemocratsOrganizingForAmerica/?hc_ref=ARTq6bEjSXXrPWxbzNyVhiO7kPy3PyoOaadyIcHeVxpElCx_gSHaBOaHCOQrGOHfCk0&fref=nf
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